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I have also ordered alot from gaiam.com & like their stuff. I use the power yoga series, but started on the yoga for beginners stuff & still use it when I'm in a time crunch. I'm a Rodney Yee fan. He has alot of movement, doesn't hold his positions for too long & does an excellent job of talking you through positions & getting you to focus your mind & body. He is great if you are just starting out in yoga & aren't sure if you are in the correct position.

I'm not sure if I can be much help. But I practice yoga daily. Between running and yoga my body has completely transformed. I'm built better now at 26 (after baby) than I ever was, even as a competitive gymnast. I started out about two years ago Tivo'ing a show on the Oxygen network called Inhale. It is a mixture of vinyasa and ashtanga styles which is more like power yoga. It mainly works flexability and strength in the legs. I swear by it. I had an MRI down on my left knee and discovered I had torn cartilidge (spelling) I didn't want to get it stitched up because of recovery time, so the doc suggested yoga. In about 1 month the pain was gone. I have not felt a pain (knock on wood) in my knee for 9 months now. I'm going on my first yoga retreat in two weeks and I so excited. I never would have thought of myself as having a yogi-personality but...whatever works!!!

How many times a week do you practice yoga? I am trying to find a balance between running, weight training at the gym, and yoga and I'm not sure really how to get all of that together. Also, let us know how that retreat goes, I am really interested in trying something like that myself.

For me, yoga really helps my muscles get less sore faster, and it's almost addicting as running...almost. I really love the MTV dvds for a modern take on yoga, and for people who like the workout but not so much the spirituality part of it...and for those who like to sweat. I also like Ali McGraw's yoga dvd, it's older but it's very basic and soothing. She isn't annoying to listen to, either. One thing I would say not to get is GAIAM's Rodney Yee's yoga for athletes. The running part is just a chair with basic stretches for hamstrings and quads. Hope this helps!

I have one of the MTV ones...that baby HURTS!!! It's very fast-paced (for yoga, anyhow, LOL) and you will work up a sweat, though. k

I love the Rodney Yee for Athelete; the modifications really protect you from over-stretching. Once I felt through with that, though, I found a VodCast called Yoga Today that is really good. They just had one for Beginners this week. Totally free, new class everyday and that way you can never get tired of it. For the open level classes, though, I'd recommend some knowledge of poses. You can get the Yoga Deck for help with that.

I'm a big fan of Crunch Gym's Yoga DVDs (The Cardio Yoga and the Candlelight Yoga are 2 of the ones that I really like.) They don't get boring and I think they are pretty good.

Resurrection of this topic. I started to practice yoga about half a year ago (I'm 33y old). I was way too stiff and I had some lower back aches and my legs got numb at nights after long runs. I got tired of that and started stretching, first time in my life. Then I found yoga. I tried 5 different yoga DVDs and I settled to Tony Sanchez Yoga Challenge DVDs. I have only done Challenge I practice. I love Tony's program, because it really focuses on legs. My legs has got much stronger, my balance has improved a lot and I'm much more flexible then before. All my aches are gone and I feel much better during my runs. Nowadays I'm running 5 days per week and yoga 4 times per week (rest days plus 2 short run days). I will definitely continue to yoga. http://www.tonysanchezyoga.com/